"vitamin supplement. Some brands are only sold as drink mixes, while some beverage companies produce powdered versions of their products, as does Gatorade and Ocean Spray. Another form of drink mix is represented by products mixed into milk, such as malted milk, Nesquik, Ovaltine and Carnation Instant Breakfast. Drink mix A drink mix, or powdered drink mix is a processed-food product, a powder designed to mix usually with water to produce a beverage resembling fruit juice or soda in flavor. Another type of drink mix is represented by products that must be mixed into milk. While some are made with"
"Balché Balché is a mildly intoxicating beverage that was commonly consumed by the ancient Maya in what is now Mexico and upper Central America. Today, it is still common among the Yucatec Maya. The drink is made from the bark of a leguminous tree, ""Lonchocarpus longistylus"", which is soaked in honey and water, and fermented. A closely related beverage, made from honey produced from the nectar of a species of morning glory ""(Turbina corymbosa)"", is called ""xtabentún"". According to food writer Sandor Katz, the ancient Maya consumed ""balché"" in enema form to maximize its inebriating effect. After the Maya were"
"Galactitol Galactitol (dulcitol) is a sugar alcohol, the reduction product of galactose. It has a slightly sweet taste. In people with galactokinase deficiency, a form of galactosemia, excess dulcitol forms in the lens of the eye leading to cataracts. Galactitol is produced from galactose in a reaction catalyzed by aldose reductase. The other common galactose metabolism defect is a defect in galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, an autosomal recessive disorder, which also causes a buildup of galactitol as a result of increased concentrations of galactose-1-phosphate and galactose. This disorder leads to hepatosplenomegaly and cognitive dysfunction in addition to the cataracts caused by galactitol"
"Galactagogue A galactagogue, or galactogogue, (from [γαλακτ-], milk, + ἀγωγός, leading) is a substance that promotes lactation in humans and other animals. It may be synthetic, plant-derived, or endogenous. They may be used to treat low milk supply. Synthetic galactagogues such as domperidone and metoclopramide interact with the dopamine system in such a way to increase the production of prolactin; specifically, by blocking the D receptor. There is some evidence to suggest that mothers who are unable to meet their infants' breastfeeding needs may benefit from galactogogues. Galactagogues may be considered when non-pharmacologic interventions are found to be insufficient. For"
"called ""chiva"". It is a digestif, or alcoholic drink taken after meals. It was most in demand with miners from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. This drink was thought to calm nerves and promote the health of the miners. It was invented by Jacobita Galán Archundia, owner of a bar, who infused medicinal herbs into alcohol. The recipe varies with every family and establishment that makes it, and each is jealously guarded. It is typically prepared with the herbs prodigiosa and anise. However, despite its supposed curative properties, it is now mostly drunk by tourists to the town."
"conquered by the Spanish, the drink was banned and their orchards were destroyed. Balché Balché is a mildly intoxicating beverage that was commonly consumed by the ancient Maya in what is now Mexico and upper Central America. Today, it is still common among the Yucatec Maya. The drink is made from the bark of a leguminous tree, ""Lonchocarpus longistylus"", which is soaked in honey and water, and fermented. A closely related beverage, made from honey produced from the nectar of a species of morning glory ""(Turbina corymbosa)"", is called ""xtabentún"". According to food writer Sandor Katz, the ancient Maya consumed"
"can be found incapable of flight or other normal movement. Sometimes honey is fermented intentionally to produce mead, an alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast. The word for ""drunk"" in classical Greek is even translated as ""honey-intoxicated"" and indeed the shared Indo-European antiquity of such a conception is enshrined in the names of at least two (euhemerised) goddesses of personified intoxication : the Irish ""Medb"" (see also Maeve (Irish name) ) and the Indian ""Madhavi"" of the Mahabharata (- see page Yayati), cognate with the English word ""mead"" and the Russian word for bear медведь ( - ""medved"""
"one of the ingredients of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Before being placed into the Total Perspective Vortex, Zaphod Beeblebrox wished for Algolian Claret, an alcoholic drink presumably created by the gray humanoid species inhabiting the planet. Despite Zaphod's apparent affinity for this drink, Algolian cuisine is equally noted for its unpleasantness. The Algolian Zylbatburger is one such case; as related by Ford Prefect, ""They're a kind of meatburger made from the most unpleasant parts of a creature well-known for its total lack of any pleasant parts."" It is briefly mentioned as ""pretty neat"" in a song protesting against teleportation."
"infants. It is considered a normal variation and no treatment or testing is necessary. In folklore, witch's milk was believed to be a source of nourishment for witches' familiar spirits. Galactorrhea Galactorrhea (also spelled galactorrhoea) (galacto- + -rrhea) or lactorrhea (lacto- + -rrhea) is the spontaneous flow of milk from the breast, unassociated with childbirth or nursing. Galactorrhea is reported to occur in 5–32% of women. Much of the difference in reported incidence can be attributed to different definitions of galactorrhea. Although frequently benign, it may be caused by serious underlying conditions and should be properly investigated. Galactorrhea also occurs"
"Galactose Galactose (, ""galacto-"" + ""-ose"", ""milk sugar""), sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a monosaccharide sugar that is about as sweet as glucose, and about 30% as sweet as sucrose. It is a C-4 epimer of glucose. Galactan is a polymeric form of galactose found in hemicellulose, and forming the core of the galactans, a class of natural polymeric carbohydrates. The word ""galactose"" was coined by Charles Weissman in the mid 19th century and is derived from Greek ""galaktos"" (milk) and the generic chemical suffix for sugars ""-ose"". The etymology is comparable to that of the word ""lactose"" in that both"
"brings oblivion to those who eat it'. Perhaps suggestive of the dangers of over-eating loquats or apricots. Land of the Lotus Eaters leveled book Lotus-eaters In Greek mythology the lotus-eaters (, ""lōtophagoi""), also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular ""lotophagus"" ) or lotophages (singular ""lotophage"" ), were a race of people living on an island dominated by lotus plants. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were a narcotic, causing the inhabitants to sleep in peaceful apathy. Figuratively, 'lotus-eater' denotes ""a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather"
"buildup. Galactitol Galactitol (dulcitol) is a sugar alcohol, the reduction product of galactose. It has a slightly sweet taste. In people with galactokinase deficiency, a form of galactosemia, excess dulcitol forms in the lens of the eye leading to cataracts. Galactitol is produced from galactose in a reaction catalyzed by aldose reductase. The other common galactose metabolism defect is a defect in galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, an autosomal recessive disorder, which also causes a buildup of galactitol as a result of increased concentrations of galactose-1-phosphate and galactose. This disorder leads to hepatosplenomegaly and cognitive dysfunction in addition to the cataracts caused by"
"GI cocktail A gastrointestinal cocktail, (also known as a GI cocktail or gastric cocktail), is a generic term for a mixture of liquid antacid, viscous lidocaine, and an anticholinergic primarily used to treat dyspepsia. The GI cocktail may also deceptively mask pain originating from the heart. There is a wide variety of GI cocktail recipes in use today. A very popular one is a mixture of Maalox, viscous lidocaine, and Donnatal, in equal parts. A mixture of 10–30 ml Mylanta, 10 ml Donnatal and 10 ml viscous lidocaine is known as ""The Green Goddess"", or ""Green Lizard"". One study found"
"has its origins in hedgerow mead commonly drunk in the mediæval period. Burdock is believed to be a galactagogue, a substance that increases lactation, but it is sometimes recommended to be avoided during pregnancy based on animal studies that show components of burdock to cause uterus stimulation. In Europe, burdock root was used as a bittering agent in beer before the widespread adoption of hops for this purpose. Folk herbalists considered dried burdock to be a diuretic, diaphoretic, and a blood purifying agent. The seeds of ""A. lappa"" are used in traditional Chinese medicine under the name (; some dictionaries"
"of the Universe"", which describes how ""85% of all known worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx, or gee-N'N-T'N-ix, or jinond-o-nicks, or any one of a thousand or more variations on the same phonetic theme. The drinks themselves are not the same, and vary between the Sivolvian 'chinanto/mnigs' which is ordinary water served at slightly above room temperature, and the Gagrakackan 'tzjin-anthony-ks' which kills cows at a hundred paces; and in fact the one common factor between all of them, beyond the fact that the names sound the same, is"
"The black drink induces vomiting for purification purposes. Other ritual medicinal beverages are also used in the ceremonies. ""Ilex vomitoria"" was not native to the traditional area controlled by the Cherokee before removal, but it was brought in to the area through trade and then transplanted. Among the Muscogee the black drink is called ""ássi"". In the ceremonies of some cultures that use the drink, after its preparation it is passed out to the highest-status person first, then the next highest status, and so forth. During each person's turn to drink, ritual songs may be sung ""Yahola"". Its use was"
"Galactomannan Galactomannans are polysaccharides consisting of a mannose backbone with galactose side groups (more specifically, a (1-4)-linked beta-D-mannopyranose backbone with branchpoints from their 6-positions linked to alpha-D-galactose, (i.e. 1-6-linked alpha-D-galactopyranose). In order of increasing number of mannose-to-galactose ratio: Galactomannans are often used in food products to increase the viscosity of the water phase. Guar gum has been used to add viscosity to artificial tears, but is not as stable as carboxymethylcellulose. Galactomannans are used in foods as stabilisers. Guar and locust bean gum (LBG) are commonly used in ice cream to improve texture and reduce ice cream meltdown. LBG is"
"Galactosemia Galactosemia (British galactosaemia, from Greek γαλακτόζη + αίμα, meaning galactose + blood, accumulation of galactose in blood) is a rare genetic metabolic disorder that affects an individual's ability to metabolize the sugar galactose properly. Galactosemia follows an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance that confers a deficiency in an enzyme responsible for adequate galactose degradation. Friedrich Goppert (1870–1927), a German physician, first described the disease in 1917, with its cause as a defect in galactose metabolism being identified by a group led by Herman Kalckar in 1956. Its incidence is about 1 per 60,000 births for people of European ancestry."
"maguey and extract the naturally fermenting juice. He became the first drunk. ""Tlacuache"" was thought to set the course of rivers. The rivers he set were generally straight except when he was drunk. Then they follow ""Tlacuache's"" meandering path from cantina to cantina. Another account traces the discovery of aguamiel to the Toltec Empire, when a noble named Papantzin was trying to get the emperor to marry his daughter Xochitl. He sent her to the capital with an offering of ""aguamiel"", honey of the agave plant. The emperor and princess wed, and their son was named ""Meconetzin"" (maguey son). In"
"Galactorrhea Galactorrhea (also spelled galactorrhoea) (galacto- + -rrhea) or lactorrhea (lacto- + -rrhea) is the spontaneous flow of milk from the breast, unassociated with childbirth or nursing. Galactorrhea is reported to occur in 5–32% of women. Much of the difference in reported incidence can be attributed to different definitions of galactorrhea. Although frequently benign, it may be caused by serious underlying conditions and should be properly investigated. Galactorrhea also occurs in males, newborn infants and adolescents of both sexes. Galactorrhea can take place as a result of dysregulation of certain hormones. Hormonal causes most frequently associated with galactorrhea are hyperprolactinemia"
"the precious liquid had almost run out. ""Miruvor"" was also mentioned in the lament Galadriel sang when the Fellowship left Lórien: The exact translation of ""miruvor"" or ""miruvóre"", is not known, but Tolkien compared it to the Greek nectar, for which he gave ""death-defeater"" as a probable etymological meaning. In ""The Two Towers"", the orc Uglúk gives a liquid – referred to as 'Grog' – to the captive and weak Merry and Pippin; the drink gives them strength during their journey to Isengard. Tolkien writes that it gives Merry a ""hot, fierce glow"" inside. It also dulls or diminishes Merry's"
"Lotus-eaters In Greek mythology the lotus-eaters (, ""lōtophagoi""), also referred to as the lotophagi or lotophaguses (singular ""lotophagus"" ) or lotophages (singular ""lotophage"" ), were a race of people living on an island dominated by lotus plants. The lotus fruits and flowers were the primary food of the island and were a narcotic, causing the inhabitants to sleep in peaceful apathy. Figuratively, 'lotus-eater' denotes ""a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns"". In the ""Odyssey"" Book IX, Odysseus tells how adverse north winds blew him and his men off course as"
"they would introduce the fluid into their systems using enemas which caused the substance to be directly absorbed into the bloodstream and result in much higher levels of intoxication. It is usually served straight, cold, or with ice and honey. It can also be served with coffee, or with one shot of tequila and an equal part ""xtabentún"", creating a drink called ""Mayan coffee."" Adding half a lime makes a ""Maya margarita"". When mixed with wine, it is called ""olhombre"" which means ""clashing"" in Yukatek (""Màaya t'àan""). Xtabentún (liqueur) Xtabentún is an anise liqueur made in Mexico's Yucatán region from"
"and the noun ""nesekh"" for a ""thing poured"" (also an idol). The drink offering accompanied various sacrifices and offerings on various feast days. Usually the offering was of wine, but in one instance also of ""strong drink"" (Numbers 28:7). This ""strong drink"" (Hebrew ""shekhar"" שֵׁכָר, Septuagint ""sikera"" σίκερα as Luke 1:15, but also ""methusma"" in Judges 13:4 and Micah 2:11) is not identified. In Akkadian texts, and Ugaritic epics there are references to libations, and sometimes the same verb stem N-S-K ""to pour"" is used. Psalm 16:4 gives reference to a ""drink offering"" of blood among pagans, but generally in"
"Black drink Black drink is a name for several kinds of ritual beverages brewed by Native Americans in the Southeastern United States. Traditional ceremonial people of the Yuchi, Caddo, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee and some other Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands use the black drink in purification ceremonies. It was occasionally known as ""white drink"" because of the association of the color white with peace leaders in some Native cultures in the Southeast. The preparation and protocols vary between tribes and ceremonial grounds; a prominent ingredient is the roasted leaves and stems of ""Ilex vomitoria"" (commonly known as yaupon"
"and some abstentionist Christians object to taking the default meaning to be fermented beverages, but there is a broad consensus that the words did ordinarily refer to alcoholic beverages. While the wines drunk in the times depicted in the Hebrew Bible were not diluted with water, after the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great the Hellenistic custom of diluting wine had taken hold such that the author of 2 Maccabees speaks of diluted wine as ""a more pleasant drink"" and of both undiluted wine and unmixed water as ""harmful"" or ""distasteful."" The many biblical references to alcoholic beverages are"
"Baptist, who only lived on locusts and honey (Matthew 3:4), is an example of the virtue of temperance. A classical example of the opposite vice of gluttony is the drunkenness of the Centaurs that led to the Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths. The prayer for this terrace is ""Labia mea Domine"" (Psalm 51:15: ""O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise"") These are the opening words from the daily Liturgy of the Hours, which is also the source of prayers for the fifth and seventh terraces (Cantos XXII through XXIV). Here Dante also meets his friend"
"theorized to be black drink rituals, including what some anthropologists have interpreted as vomit issuing from the mouths of mythological beings. Pottery samples recovered from sites in modern Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico have tested positive for the ratio of methylxanthines associated with those produced by ""Ilex vomitoria"". The same study also identified methylxanthines ratios associated with ""Theobroma cacao"". Neither plants are native to the areas from which the pottery samples were recovered, which suggests trading between areas where those plants are native. The chemical analysis also suggests a possible increase in drinks prepared from cacao after the year"
"American plant, which is now known to be gentian root. Moxie, he claimed, was especially effective against ""paralysis, softening of the brain, nervousness, and insomnia"". Thompson claimed that he named the beverage after a Lieutenant Moxie, a purported friend of his, who he claimed had discovered the plant and used it as a panacea, and the company he created continued to promulgate legendary stories about the word's origin. It likely derives from an Abenaki word that means ""dark water"" and that is found in lake and river names in Maine, where Thompson was born and raised. After a few years,"
"major position in religion, many folk tales explain its origins. Balché is the name of a honey wine brewed by the Maya, associated with the Mayan deity Acan. The drink shares its name with the balché tree (Lonchocarpus violaceus), the bark of which is fermented in water together with honey from the indigenous stingless bee. Tepache is a mildly alcoholic beverage indigenous to Mexico that is created by fermenting pineapple, including the rind, for a short period of three days. Tejuino, traditional to the Mexican state of Jalisco, is a maize-based beverage that involves fermenting masa dough. Chicha is a"
"related to Native Americans. Black drink Black drink is a name for several kinds of ritual beverages brewed by Native Americans in the Southeastern United States. Traditional ceremonial people of the Yuchi, Caddo, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee and some other Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands use the black drink in purification ceremonies. It was occasionally known as ""white drink"" because of the association of the color white with peace leaders in some Native cultures in the Southeast. The preparation and protocols vary between tribes and ceremonial grounds; a prominent ingredient is the roasted leaves and stems of ""Ilex vomitoria"""
"Gods""; it is referred to as the drink of the gods. In ""The Inheritance Cycle"" series by Christopher Paolini, the protagonist, Eragon, often drinks mead at feasts. It is also referenced in ""The Kingkiller Chronicle"" novel series by Patrick Rothfuss. The protagonist Kvothe is known to drink metheglin. The non-existent ""Greysdale Mead"" is also drunk, although it is merely water. The drink of mead is mentioned many times in Michael Crichton's ""Eaters of the Dead"" published 1976. Mead Mead (, from Old English ""medu"") is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains,"
"be seen acknowledging receipt by blowing out air or pounding their chest. Medical practitioners have been critical of the drink's high concentration of alcohol, particularly the damage it can cause the liver and the risk of alcoholism. Akpeteshie Akpeteshie is the national spirit of Ghana, produced by distilling palm wine or sugar cane. Other names for this drink include apio, agrogro, kill me quick, and VC10. Before the advent of European colonization of what is today Ghana, the Anlo brewed a local spirit also known as ""kpótomenui,"" meaning ""something hidden in a coconut mat fence."" With British colonization of what"